Civil RIghts Movement Timeline

Civil Rights Movement Timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1896 to Dec 25, 2005

Plessy v. Ferguson

Dec 25, 1896

Plessy v. Furguson was a landmark U.S. supreme court decision allowing "seperate but equal" to remain lawful in states that chose to enforce it.

NAACP founded

Dec 25, 1909

FDR bans discrimination in defense industries

Dec 25, 1941

CORE founded

Dec 25, 1942

CORE is the Congress Of Racial Equality. It is a U.S. Civil Rights organization that played a pivotal role for African-Americans during the Civil Rights Movement. Membership in CORE is still stated to be open to "anyone who believes that 'all people are created equal' and are willing to work towards the ultimate goal of true equality throughout the world”.

An American Dilemma published

Dec 25, 1944

An American Dilemma: The Negro problem and Modern Democracy is a 1944 study of race relations by Swedish non-American. It set the groundwork for future racial integration.

Jackie Robinson breaks MLB color barrier

Dec 25, 1947

Emmett Till murdered

Aug 28, 1955

Rosa Parks arrested

Dec 1, 1955

Montgomery bus boycott

Dec 25, 1956

SCLC

Dec 25, 1957

Little Rock 9 integrate Central High School

Dec 25, 1957

James Meredith intergrate Central High School

Dec 25, 1957

Sit-ins Greesboro

Feb 1, 1960

SNCC

Dec 25, 1960

Freedom RIdes

Dec 25, 1961

Medgar Evers assassinated

Jun 12, 1963

16th St. Baptist Church Bombed

Sep 15, 1963

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Dec 25, 1963

Sunday Bloody Sunday Alambama

Mar 7, 1965

Voting Right Act of 1965

Dec 25, 1965

Black Panther Party founded

Dec 25, 1966

Dr. King assassinated

Apr 4, 1968

Byron de la Beck with convicted of Medgar Evers MUrder

Dec 25, 1975